Letters concerning the English nation. By Mr. de Voltaire.
François-Marie-Arouet Voltaire (1694-1778)
Category
Books
Date
1733
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 3215612
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16], 253, [19] p. ; 8vo. Provenance: eighteenth-century sepia armorial bookplate, with putti, and motto: Nil Desperandum, Yates, sculp. Thomas Anson Esqr. Shugborough. [i.e. Thomas Anson, of Shugbrough (1695-1773)]; pasted over eighteenth-century early armorial bookplate of Richard Banner [Banner (b. 1696) of Little Aston Hall, sold library to Thomas Anson in about 1745]. Binding: eighteenth-century blind tooled calf; sewn onto five raised bands; remannats of gilt tooling on spine; missing spine label lettered: Voltair's Letters.
Makers and roles
François-Marie-Arouet Voltaire (1694-1778) John Lockman (1698-1771)